Salamalaykum ladies and belated 
How are things with you all. You have been in my thoughts and duas (not anyone specific more like the whole tea thread crew). I have delayed coming back on the thread as I have been trying to get all my ramadan prep done and two one week in I have finally managed to get it done. 
. I have my meal plan on the fridge which I strike out meals from daily. I have my slow cooker which has been making life easier for me, bubbling away creating our iftars so I can pass out I wish after work. I have done a half deep clean of my house (managed kitchen and bathroom) and I finished putting up my Ramadhan decorations this week which my ds promptly ripped down. 
Im exhausted and I havent even fasted one day yet. I decided in the end not to fast due to pregnancy though I received some heavy duty pressure I stuck to my guns. Basically I said do you think I am getting sins because I am not fasting 19-20 hour days when I am pregnant? Also if you can write down and guarantee for me that nothing will happen to mine or my baby's health because of fasting and that it will be no harder for me to fast then it would be for someone who is not pregnant I will fast? I should have just shrugged it off but Im too combative even in the month of Ramadhan. Astagfirullah. I hate criticism which is a big flaw in my character I need to fight as I should learn to just ignore and be calm and patient instead.
Mashallah Im really impressed with the sisters managing to get so much Quran reading in. I havent managed to do as much as I would have liked. Its all this faffing around with other non important things. I cant believe 10 days have gone by. Eek! Im hoping I can pull it back now and make this more productive for me spiritually. This is the problem I find when you dont fast during Ramadhan. Its hard to tap in to that spiritual buzz. We are not going to taraweeh either because of how late it is, ds's bedtime and work. Has anyone managed to do taraweeh this month? What do you do with your kids, take them with you? Are most people doing suhoor at 1am or at 3am. Sehri ends at just past 3am where I am but I know some people are doing it at 1am. I cant understand how that works though and why there is a difference. Can anyone explain how fajr can possibly be at 1am in the morning? Isnt suhoor supposed to finish when fajr starts? Greeneggs most of my relatives and my dh are having early evening naps (6-7pm). Its not that easy if your making iftar though or having to put little ones to bed around that time.
Is it too early to ask if anyone has sorted out their eid outfit yet? Im really derailing the religious vibe on the thread arent I? Sorry sisters. To bring it back Im going to suggest for the rest of Ramadhan we take turns to post hadiths about any topic we like. We could do our own tearoom version of the 40 hadith. Mumsnet's favourite hadiths or something . I will start.
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from his Lord, that He said:
"Oh My servants! I have forbidden dhulm (oppression) for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. Oh My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you. Oh My servants, all of of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you. Oh My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you. Oh My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you. Oh My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. Oh My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota. Oh My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. Oh My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. Oh My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself. [Muslim]